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Monday, October 23, 2006 3:08 PM

Please Welcome The New Microsoft Developer Evangelist for New England - Chris Bowen!

I happened to read Chris Bowen's latest blog post today. He has accepted the position as Developer Evangelist for Microsoft in the New England district. While Chris follows a legacy of two fantaatic predecessors in Russ Fustino and Thom Robbins, he brings...
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Tuesday, October 17, 2006 4:14 PM

Windows Live Writer Beta...

Gee - I almost forgot to mention... I have started using the Windows Live Writer Beta . The posts made over the last several days use it. Having used w.bloggar and BlogJet in the past, I have found Windows Live Writer to be similar in functionality. Considering...
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Friday, April 07, 2006 2:14 AM

.NET Speech Server Day Tips and Tricks Presentation Now Available

Thanks to everyone for attending today's .NET Speech Server Day at the Microsoft offices in Waltham. As promised, my PowerPoint slides from the presentation can now be downloaded from the BostonPocketPC.com web site . Enjoy!
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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 1:50 PM

Community-Credit.com: Show Your Community Involvement (and Win "Stupid Prizes")

Thom Robbins pointed out a web site this past week on his blog ; he also gave a personal "shout out" to me about it. I think that CommunityCredit is a fantastic idea! - Earning Credit in the Developer Community What is Community Credit? Community Credit...
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Wednesday, March 01, 2006 7:11 PM

Virtual Earth Madness - Presentation and Code Now Available

Thanks to all of you who attended the Virtual Earth Madness developer event at the Microsoft Waltham, MA offices today. Also, thanks to those that attended virtually via Live Meeting. For those who are unaware, Virtual Earth (aka - Windows Live Local...
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006 2:00 PM

Mobile Phone Web Scammers - You Gotta Love 'Em

The plethora of unlocked cellular phones that are available for direct consumer purchase has made for a nice new "cottage industry" - the mobile phone Internet scam. In the <extreme sarcasm>"Wow! What a surprise!"</extreme sarcasm> category...
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Saturday, February 11, 2006 4:59 PM

Thinking "Mobility Geek Dinner"... Hmmmm...

With all of talk around "geek dinners", I started to think it might be fun to have a casual gathering for all the mobility-oriented geeks, just for a change of pace. Don't get me wrong - I love the general geek dinner. In the Boston area, though, I think...
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Saturday, February 11, 2006 4:55 PM

Club Pocket PC - Boston Meeting Wednesday, Feb. 15th

While not a developer topic this month, I thought this might be of interest to those Windows Mobile device owners who want to flex their "device multimedia muscles" a bit more... ;-) The next Club Pocket PC - Boston meeting will be held Wednesday, February...
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Thursday, February 09, 2006 4:24 PM

New England SharePoint User Group Meeting February 28th

As some of you know, I began work with a new company shortly after the first of the year. One of the many Microsoft technologies my company is involved with is SharePoint (both Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server). We are also proud...
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Monday, January 30, 2006 4:27 PM

Ramping Back Up...

OK, OK - I admit it. Things have been a bit slow around these parts (again). I think, however, that I can safely say I've had some very valid reasons for it. Anyone who knows me personally will likely agree. Enough dwelling, though. Time to get back down...
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Friday, October 21, 2005 2:05 PM

Launch 2005 Screencast Contest

Fellow Mobile Devcaster , good buddy and all-around niceguy Thom Robbins passed along word of a new contest going on in preparation for the big Visual Studio/SQL Server/BizTalk Server Launch - Great opportunity to get involved in the launch! Are you a...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2005 11:38 AM

Murphy's Law - BostonPocketPC.com Down

Wouldn’t you know it – the moment you go on the road, things tend to fall apart. In this case, BostonPocketPC.com has gone down . The issue – server load. I am working with the hosting provider on a solution (a real treat while not at...
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Monday, September 26, 2005 11:56 AM

Musing on the Windows-Powered Treo and the Palm OS...

As I write this, the countdown has long since begun for the press conference announcing the Windows Mobile 5.0–powered Palm Treo 700w device. For some, this day serves as a sort of “VP Day” (“Victory Over Palm”) in the Windows...
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Tuesday, September 20, 2005 2:05 PM

MSN Alert Me! Actually, you...

I’ve signed up and set up DonSCF.NET to now be available via MSN Alerts. You can sign up for MSN Alert notifications whenever new content is posted. In order to subscribe, you will need a Microsoft Passport account. To sign up, simply click on the...
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Friday, July 15, 2005 11:26 AM

Where In The World Is Don?

Everywhere, it seems (at least to me). Things have been very, very busy as of late both at the office and “after-hours”. Hopefully, things will start to return to normal soon (he said, wishfully).
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Tuesday, May 10, 2005 4:13 PM

ActiveSync 4.0, WiFi Sync and Some Clarification

If you have not heard, Windows Mobile 5.0 (the OS formerly known as “Magneto”) was announced today at MEDC (Mobile Embedded and Developers Conference). Lots of great stuff for end users and developers. If you are looking for information, we’ve...
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Sunday, April 24, 2005 11:03 AM

Corporate Blogging, Risk Management and "The Journalist Becoming Bigger Than The Story"

I’m typically not inclined to comment here on things that are not .NET CF or mobility related, but events of the last couple of days have actually managed to tear me away from a very hectic schedule to make this post. For those of you who have not...
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Thursday, March 10, 2005 1:24 PM

Why I Believe The PDA Won't Die

Last week, fellow BostonPocketPC.com’er and friend Steve Hughes posted his thoughts on a c|net article by Molly Wood entitled “Molly to handhelds: just die, already”. Steve and I have had this conversation for about as long as I’ve...
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Wednesday, December 29, 2004 4:29 PM

In Light of a Great Tragedy...

After watching the events of the last few days in Asia, I am still in a state of shock over the powers that we still do not understand, as well as the way that thousands upon thousands of lives can be lost in an instant. While there are many ways in which...
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Monday, December 20, 2004 5:09 PM

OFF-TOPIC: Why Is DRM So Hated?

I posted an article earlier today about my early experiences with Windows Media Player 10 Mobile and DRM-protected content providers at BostonPocketPC.com . Amazingly, I have already started to receive e-mails of a rather... well - let's just say "distasteful...
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